We'll miss globalism when it's gone... a decent read from Vox

No hyperbolic clickbait or juvenile commentary or delusional invective... just sound analysis.

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/404830/usaid-trade-immigration-consensus

The saddest case, though, is foreign aid. Why did this tiny portion of the federal budget come in for such a beating this year?

I don’t really have deep structural answers. Foreign aid has never been very popular, and voters routinely overestimate how much the US spends on it. It has always survived on elite, not popular, support, and was in a vulnerable position should someone like Elon Musk go after it. The declining religiosity of American conservatism also weakened the evangelical forces who so strongly supported PEPFAR under Bush.

As for why Musk had such a vendetta against foreign aid, the best explanation is that he fell under the influence of rabidly anti-USAID conspiracy theorist Mike Benz. He wouldn’t be the first dubious source who Musk decided against all reason to trust absolutely.